Where does “Quarantäne” come from?
Quarantäne (German) comes from Russian карантинъ, from Polish kwarantanna, from French quarantaine, from Italian quarantina, from Italian quaranta, from Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt — and.
Quarantäne (German): quarantine
Definitions
- quarantine
Ancestry of “Quarantäne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | карантинъ | — |
| 2 | Polish | kwarantanna | quarantine |
| 3 | French | quarantaine | a number or group of or about forty |
| 4 | Italian | quarantina | approximately forty; period of forty days |
| 5 | Italian | quaranta | forty |
| 6 | Late Latin | quarranta | — |
| 7 | Latin | quadrāgintā | forty; 40 |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |